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Knot or Not? (Posted on 2005-08-04)

I was walking along the road one day when I spied a cord of some sort lying in my path. From my vantage point, as I was approaching the cord, I could not tell if it was knotted or not.

What is the probability that the cord was knotted?

See The Solution Submitted by Erik O.

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2023-12-20 02:09:18
Solution	Dej Mar	2008-10-04 09:46:01
Answer	K Sengupta	2008-10-04 02:07:50
re: answer	Sean	2005-10-26 12:29:54
answer	Sean	2005-10-26 12:23:29
list the possible combinations	tanx	2005-10-18 16:25:18
Intuitive answer	Thomas Harris	2005-08-27 20:37:11
knotty boy	kevin	2005-08-09 20:08:46
Just right to be knotted	Rupesh Khandelwal	2005-08-05 10:32:14
A knot not neat need not be knotted	Charley	2005-08-05 02:51:15
re(3): As I figure it - Definition of a knot	Brian Smith	2005-08-05 01:27:02
re(3): As I figure it	Bob Smith	2005-08-04 13:49:54
ans	Gururaj	2005-08-04 07:10:55
re(2): As I figure it	Richard	2005-08-04 05:28:39
re: As I figure it	Paul	2005-08-04 02:28:04
... O_O	Kristina	2005-08-04 02:21:27
As I figure it	Bob Smith	2005-08-04 02:15:46

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